Every basket still runs on the same two secrets he never wrote down: a family marinade and a dry breading recipe, on shrimp that are hand-cut and hand-deveined fresh every morning, never frozen. The whole thing fries for about a minute, comes out with saltines and a choice of cocktail or hot sauce, and Chance the Rapper has called it a childhood favorite on the record.
Haire died in 2021; his wife, Aisha Murff, now runs this original location plus a South Loop outpost and a seasonal Riverwalk bar, Toast of Haire's, without changing the recipe that built the following in the first place.
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